unprotected sex before.”
“Nor have I,” he said, more serious again. “Though, I must know, does that mean that you adopted Addison?” he teased.
“Broken condom. What are the odds, right? I trust nothing but the pill after that—and because of that scare, me being too drunk to be smart enough to not screw Derek for the hell of it, I had my ass tested for everything.” I shrunk down some. “I’m telling you, you might not want to commit. Addison is here because I was too drunk to think, had sex with an addict I’d just broken up with, and the condom broke. Still interested?”
“Sometimes beautiful things come from bad,” he said. “Finally, a first for both of us.”
“A first?” I questioned.
“No condom. I want you, and I don’t want the damn thing blocking any further sensations I’m aching to feel while having sex with you anymore.”
“I don’t want to kill the moment, but can we save the awesome sex experience for after this gala thing? I figured this was a quickie, and we’d be back down there before your brother killed you?”
Jim dismissed everything I said by kissing along my throat and reaching his hand down toward my hot pussy.
“Jim,” I said, breathless as he ran his fingers over my clit, igniting my nerves. “Jake and Ash.”
“Jacob is set to give the final farewell. Collin flew in early.” His lips more concerned with my body as he continued to massage it with his lips. “I’m no longer needed. I was merely here for the opening and to secure signatures from our significant guests. We can either do this or go dance.” He looked up at me. “Right now, the bar is open, and the dance floor filled. Your choice.”
I looked at him and smiled. “So, Jake was just—”
“Being Jacob.” He smiled. “I’m done for the night with anything having to do with my company. It’s all you now, as it should be.”
“Are we crazy for being all-in so fast? I mean, it is fast, right?” I said, part of me thinking it was something I had to say to get it out in the air. It didn’t feel fast in my heart, but I needed to know we were on the same page.
“When things are meant to be, it just works. And this—you and me—it works. We just had to wait for the correct timing and for our paths to cross finally.”
I looked at him and smiled. “I love you, James Mitchell.”
That was all that he needed, and Jim and I were well on our way to stamping this commitment in stone. He was right with his philosophy about our paths finally crossing and the timing of it all. I knew I would have never appreciated this man as I did now if I had met him before Derek, or even a year ago, when I was so defensive towards people that I was officially the world’s biggest bitch.
It was strangely perfect timing for the man I felt a connection with and who my daughter loved instantly. Talk about stars aligning. Things like this didn’t happen unless fate was smiling down on you, and that’s why I wasn’t fighting him or this. I was all in.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Jim
I laid Avery on her back, needing to see her vibrant blue eyes that had shone beyond the beauty of the extravagant room where the gala was held. Her smile helped assure me that she was as confident as I was, creating a closeness I’d never shared with any woman before, and she was so fucking beautiful that I couldn’t resist not being inside her a second longer.
“Fuck, Jim.” She writhed beneath my hands, her voice making that moan that I loved so much. “Please,” she begged as I continued to maneuver my dripping wet cock along her belly while relishing in the taste of her soft and full breast. “I need more.”
Her fingers slid through my hair, gripping it, and her legs fell slack. I ran my hands up her arms, bring them to rest in the pillows above her head.
“Can you come for me, gorgeous?” I asked, bringing one of my hands down and sliding two fingers between the seam of her heated entrance. “You’re so tight. I want you to come in my hand,” I said, massaging her pleasure spot.
Avery bit down on the corner of her lip and called out while I felt her pussy in a spasm around my fingers. “That’s it, Jim.” She moaned my name, her body